Yesterday, Tesla Shanghai Super Factory released the environmental impact assessment report for the pre-launch project of a new model. According to the Shanghai enterprise and institution environmental information disclosure platform, the project is expected to have a construction period of 6 months and be completed by March 2021. The project is funded by Tesla Motors Hong Kong Limited, but the total investment amount of the project has not been disclosed.
The project includes conducting related tests and research on the launch of new models in existing factories, as well as experiments on important equipment and production processes, verification of product dimensions, and matching of parts functions. The main equipment includes testing presses, welding-related equipment, painting-related equipment, assembly-related equipment, and quality-related equipment. The test cycle of the project has not been revealed.
According to the environmental impact assessment report, the pre-launch project of the new model is to meet the localization experiment of foreign technology. This is mainly due to the fact that the new model uses an integrated forming aluminum alloy floor instead of the stamping and welding of more than 50 parts in traditional vehicles. In addition, the integrated forming floor reduces the number of welding points and adhesive volume (the specific quantity has not been disclosed), which is the world’s first.
Overall, Tesla Shanghai Super Factory Phase II is almost complete and Model Y has already started trial production.
Tesla Shanghai Factory (Phase I) officially started construction in January last year and completed construction and production in less than a year, setting a record construction speed for the first phase. The factory plans to produce Model 3, Model Y, and future models, but currently only produces Model 3. On April 30 this year, Tesla disclosed in its first-quarter report that the Shanghai Super Factory has begun construction of production buildings for Model Y.
Predicting based on the construction speed of Phase I factory, it is very likely that the Phase II factory will be completed by the end of this year. As for the final production and offline time of Model Y, do you think it will be at the end of this year or early next year?
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